Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The currently projected cost of proposed amalgamation of English and Welsh forces announced so far remain around £391 million. Long-term savings made possible by mergers also remain currently around £145 million a year.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The remuneration and hours of chairs of public appointments as at 28 June 2006 are provided in the attached table.
	
		
			 PQ in remuneration and hours of chairs of public appointments 
			 Board Chair Remuneration Hours per year 
			 Independent Monitoring Boards of Penal Establishments and Immigration Centres 140 chairsNames not disclosed for security purposes Nil Demand lead 
			 Technical Advisory Body Peter Walker £400 per day 4 days per year 
			 Advisory Panel on Country Information Dr Khalid Koser Nil 10 days per year 
			 Community Development Foundation (CDF) Tom Levitt MP Nil None specified 
			 Futurebuilders Advisory Panel Baroness Jill Pitkeathley £400 per day 40 days per year 
			 IND Complaints Audit Committee Dr Ann Barker £361 per day 68 days per year 
			 Commission for Racial Equality Trevor Phillips £ 128,625 per year Full-time 5 days a week 
			 Chief Surveillance Commissioner Sir Andrew Leggatt (until 30/6/2006) Sir Christopher Rose (w.e.f. 01/07/2006) £ 113,030 per year 108 days per year 
			 Serious Organised Crime Sir Stephen Lander £76,875 per year 3 days per week 
			 Correctional Services Accreditation Panel Professor Friedrich Losel £500 per day 20 days per annum 
			 OISC Suzanne McCarthy £ 105,600 per year Full-time five days per week 
			 CENTREX Sir Clive Booth £31,365 per year 60 days per annum 
			 Animal Procedures Committee Ms Sara Nathan £231 per day 270 hours per annum 
			 Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration Mary Coussey £500 per day 672 hours per year 
			 Police Negotiating Board and Police Advisory Board John Randall £389 per day He works only when required. 
			 Asylum Support Adjudicators Sehba Haroon Storey £12,7000 per annum Full-time 
			 PITO Chris Earnshaw £64,313 per annum +£10,612 per annum employers cash contribution in lieu of pension contributions 2 days per week 
			 Parole Board Sir Duncan Nichol £77,000 per annum Approximately 1,000 hours per year 
			 Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Professor Sir Michael Rawlins Nil Varies